Israel strikes ambulance carrying injured near Gaza hospital, 15 killed
An Israeli air strike on an ambulance being used to evacuate the wounded from besieged northern Gaza killed 15 people and injured 60 on Friday, the Hamas-controlled enclave’s health ministry said. Israel’s military said it had identified and hit an ambulance “being used by a Hamas terrorist cell”. It said Hamas fighters were killed in […]
Pitched Israel-Hamas battles begin; Gaza death toll 9,000
New Delhi, November 2 Plumes of smoke rose from all across Gaza as the Israeli bombardment continued on Thursday with the Palestinian toll rising to over 9,000, even as the Israeli Defense Forces claimed to have broken through Hamas’s front lines of defence after five days in which it lost 17 soldiers. An IDF commander […]
The number of deaths in Gaza exceeds 8 thousand
During the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas, more Israeli tanks and armed forces are being sent to the Gaza side. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced a ‘second phase’ of the war. The purpose of the second phase is to eliminate the governmental and military capacity of Hamas and bring the hostages home. […]
Thousands of bodies buried under rubble in Gaza
Amidst the ground attacks by Israel on the Gaza Strip, the World Health Organization (WHO) has claimed that about a thousand bodies are still buried under the debris in Gaza City, out of which the bodies have not been identified. Richard Peppercorn said WHO estimated there were 1,000 unidentified bodies buried under the debris, which […]
America carried out airstrikes on Iranian army positions in Syria
The US military carried out airstrikes on two Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps targets in eastern Syria early today. The air strikes were in response to drone and missile attacks on US military bases and personnel in the region last week. According to the Pentagon, the US airstrikes reflect the determination of President Joe Biden’s administration […]
Israel launched a ground attack on Gaza
Israeli troops and tanks launched a ground offensive in northern Gaza today. After more than two weeks of airstrikes, several terrorist positions were targeted to prepare the battlefield for a possible major ground offensive, the army said. The attack comes as the United Nations warns that the Gaza Strip is about to run out of […]
Israel-Hamas conflict: UN warns Gaza blockade could force it to sharply cut relief operations as bombings rise
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees warned on Wednesday that without immediate deliveries of fuel it will soon have to sharply cut back relief operations across the Gaza Strip, which has been blockaded and hit by devastating Israeli airstrikes since Hamas militants launched an attack on Israel more than two weeks ago. The warning came […]
Hamas attacked Israel in part to stop a historic agreement with Saudi Arabia: Biden
Washington, October 21(Press Ki Taquat) President Joe Biden said on Friday he thought Hamas was motivated to attack Israel in part by a desire to stop that country from normalising relations with Saudi Arabia. “One of the reasons Hamas moved on Israel … they knew that I was about to sit down with the Saudis,” […]
Israeli airstrike kills top Hamas leader, his kin
Gaza, October 19(Press Ki Taquat) Israel pounded locations across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, including parts of the south that Israel had declared as safe zones, heightening fears among more than 2 million Palestinians trapped in the territory that nowhere was safe. In one of the airstrikes, the head of the Hamas-led national security forces, […]
Operation Ajay: First batch of Indians returns home from Israel
New Delhi, October 13 (Press Ki Taquat) The first batch of around 200 Indians, including students, returned to the country from Israel on board a chartered flight in the early hours of Friday. India has launched Operation Ajay to facilitate the return of those who wish to come back home as a series of brazen […]